Taha Hussein

Tags: Philosopher.

Taha Hussein (November 15 1889—October 28 1973) (Arabic: طه حسين‎ Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn] Standard Arabic: [tˤɑːhaː ħusajn]) was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World. His sobriquet was The Dean of Arabic Literature.Taha Hussein was born in Izbet el Kilo a village in the Minya Governorate in central Upper Egypt.

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birth date

1889-11-15

birth place

Khedivate of Egypt, Minya Governorate

death date

1973-10-28

death place

Cairo, Egypt

era

Modern philosophy

influenced

Naguib Mahfouz, Tahar Ben Jelloun

influenced by

René Descartes, Al-Maʿarri, Ibn Khaldun

philosophicalSchool

Classical Arabic, Literary modernism, Al-Nahda